Charges in park robberies & rape

January 8, 2014: Police have arrested two teenagers who they say robbed and sexually assaulted a woman and committed several other robberies at the Terry Hershey Park Hike and Bike Trail in west Houston. Ryan Korsgard reports.

ARMED ROBBERIES ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR RAPING A WOMAN AFTER A JOB. GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. MITCHELL AND HUGHES ARE BOTH BEHIND BARS TONIGHT. RYAN KORSGARD IS JOINING US LIVE FROM THE ENERGY CORRIDOR WITH MORE ON THESE BRAND-NEW DEVELOPMENTS. RYAN? PROSECUTORS SAY THE TWO HAVE CONFESSED TO SEVEN DIFFERENT CRIMES. ALL OF THEM HAPPENING RIGHT BACK HERE ALONG THIS TRAIL. HOUSTON POLICE BELIEVE 18-YEAR-OLD MITCHELL AND HUGHES ROBBED SIX PEOPLE IN OR NEAR TERRY HERSHEY PARK IN WEST HOUSTON DURING THE LAST MOVEMENT THEY ARE ALSO ACCUSED OF RAPING A WOMAN INSIDE RESTROOM ON ELDRIDGE. THEY MADE THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE THIS MORNING. THEY SAID IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY. WHEN THEY WERE READY TO GO, DO THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY IT WAS JUST WHOEVER THEY CAME ACROSS. THEY ARE EACH CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT AND TWO COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. THEY HEADED EAST ON THE 12 MILE LONG TRAIL PREYING ON PEEL IN THE PARK. POLICE WANTED IT STOPPED. IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT NO ONE WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED AGAIN. AND THAT NO OTHER PERSON WOULD BE -- HAVE THEIR SECURITY TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM ON THE TRAIL. A QUICK CHASE STARTED ON MONDAY WHEN OFFICERS CHECKED OUT A TIP AND FOUND MITCHELL DRIVING A STOLEN CAR NOT FAR FROM THE PARK. THAT'S WHERE A PIZZA DELIVERY MAN HAD BEEN ROBBED ON FRIDAY NIGHT. ONE CAME FROM BEHIND, ONE CAME FROM THE FRONT AND POINTED GUNS, TOOK HIS CAR KEYS. POLICE SAY THAT MITCHELL FINALLY STOPPED THE STOLEN CAR AND TRIED TO GET AWAY. POLICE SAY HUGHES WAS A PASSENGER WHO TOOK OFF RUNNING AND WAS EVENTUALLY CAUGHT NOT FAR AWAY IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. THE RAPE VICTIM SAYS SHE BASICALLY HAS NO COMMENT.

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